Gorno Sonje | |
Official Name: | Чобанија |
Native Name: | Горно Соње |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | North Macedonia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within North Macedonia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Skopje |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Sopište |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 362 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 41.9483°N 21.3855°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Website: | . |
Blank Name: | Car plates |
Gorno Sonje (Macedonian: Горно Соње) is a village in the municipality of Sopište, North Macedonia.
Within the boundary of Gorno Sonje is the Roman-era archaeological site Stara Češma.[1] The toponym Albanopolis has been found on a funeral inscription. It was discovered in 1931 by Nikola Vulić and its text was analyzed and published in 1982 by Borka Dragojević-Josifovska. The inscription in Latin reads "POSIS MESTYLU F[ILIUS] FL[AVIA] DELVS MVCATI F[ILIA] DOM[O] ALBANOP[OLI] IPSA DELVS". It is translated as "Posis Mestylu, son of Flavia, daughter of Delus Mucati, who comes from Albanopolis". It dates to the end of the 1st century CE or the beginning of the 2nd century CE.[2]
As of the 2021 census, Gorno Sonje had 362 residents with the following ethnic composition:[3]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 219 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]